Police are investigating the hit-and-run Saturday morning that seriously injured New Bedford Standard-Times deliveryman and Wareham resident Robert Mackenzie, 70, as he was delivering newspapers on Gibbs Avenue.

Police are investigating the hit-and-run Saturday morning that seriously injured New Bedford Standard-Times deliveryman and Wareham resident Robert Mackenzie, 70, as he was delivering newspapers on Gibbs Avenue.

Wareham detectives are requesting anyone with information regarding this incident to contact the Wareham Police Detective Division at 508-295-1206, or leave an anonymous message by utilizing the Text-A-Tip program, which may be accessed through the Wareham Police Dept. website at www.warehampolice.com.

Police were called to the area of 64 Gibbs Ave. Saturday at about 4:50 a.m. regarding a 70-year-old male struck by a motor vehicle. Police found Mackenzie, who had sustained serious injuries while delivering the Standard-Times in the area. He was treated at the scene by Wareham EMS personnel and transported first to Tobey Hospital, then to Rhode Island Hospital for further treatment. His injuries are not believed to be life threatening, the Standard-Times reported.

Limited information obtained from the victim led officers to search the area for a pick-up truck type vehicle (unknown plate or color) that fled the scene toward Marion Road (Route 6) at a high rate of speed after striking Mackenzie as he walked back to his parked vehicle while delivering the newspapers. Damage debris at the scene suggests the vehicle could possibly be a Ford Ranger type pick-up truck.

“It’s a crying shame, and I hope they find this person because he needs to be found,” Tina MacKenzie, daughter of Robert MacKenzie, told the Standard-Times. He has delivered newspapers for some 20 years.

MacKenzie said her father suffered a broken hip, shoulder and pelvis, as well as fractures in his lower back.

His son Jason said MacKenzie underwent plastic surgery for a gash on his face, according to the Standard-Times.

He was expected to have his pelvis and hip operated on Monday, April 14.

MacKenzie said his father said he had stepped out of the delivery truck when a car came barreling down the road near 65 Gibbs Ave. He dodged the car, but it swerved and hit him.

MacKenzie said the driver said he would get help, but never returned. A second vehicle stopped and called authorities.

Before retiring, MacKenzie worked at Brittany Dyeing and Printing Corporation, his daughter said. His delivery route ran from 3 to 7 a.m.

She said her father is easy-going and “bends over backwards delivering the papers every day.”

Standard-Times Editor and Associate Publisher Bob Unger expressed concern for MacKenzie on behalf of the paper.

“We send thoughts and prayers and wishes for a speedy recovery,” Unger said.